City of London Tag

Flash back to the immediate aftermath of the Brexit vote.
“London has committed suicide as a leading fintech centre,” tweeted Traxpay, a German payments platform.
Catchy advertising urged startups to “keep calm and move to Berlin”.
Over two years later, and it’s French President Emmanuel Macron leading the

The UK has repeated its demands for a post-Brexit agreement on financial services to go way beyond the EU’s current standard with third countries in a new government paper, warning that a ‘hard Brexit’ will damage the EU.
The paper published on Monday (20 August) insists

Throughout the negotiations over Britain’s departure from the EU, there has been plenty of talk about hard and soft borders. Mostly this has centred on the frontier between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. But there is another soft border that has attracted rather less attention;

Days before the second anniversary of the EU Referendum vote, UK International Trade Secretary Dr. Liam Fox launched an initiative that aims to bring together academics, experts and businesses and in turn, attract investment into the fintech sector.
This came after Prime Minister Theresa May's announcement

The tensions of Brexit have become daily fodder for Eurosceptics and EU enthusiasts alike — there seems often to be as much friction between UK ministers as between Britain and the EU27. One oasis of harmony has been the City of London, which has taken

London's burgeoning tech sector is taking an increasingly large slice of prime City office space, with fast-growing companies favouring the Square Mile over the so-called Silicon Roundabout.
Tech firms have committed to almost three times as much office space in the City compared to the City fringe, which

There are lot of things you need to create a successful economic centre. Skilled workers are crucial. Stable government helps. So does a reliable fair system, low and predictable taxes, a vibrant cultural life, and a network of businesses that feed off one another. But

Despite only being created in 2014, Atom Bank can be considered the grand old man of UK challenger banks. Since the fintech startup first disrupted traditional banks’ business models with its app-based services, many other entrepreneurs have followed in its wake. However, Atom Bank attempts

Banks and insurers lined up to back the British government’s demand that a future trade deal with the European Union must include financial services, putting them on a collision course with Brussels.
Faced with the world’s biggest financial centre being cut off from a core market

Chancellor Philip Hammond will tell European leaders that it is in the "mutual interest" of both the UK and the EU to include financial services in a free trade agreement.
In a speech, Mr Hammond will set out his argument against "sceptics", saying it is possible